Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to the Ipswich Star website, a lorry driver sold £3,000-worth of stolen ratchet straps – which are used to secure loads on heavy goods vehicles – on eBay.

Slawomir Lobocki – who has been given a suspended jail term – was caught out after a transport company noticed its straps were being sold online and arranged for a test purchase to be made from him.

The Wales Online website reports that a Parcelforce driver stole 244 items in three months, selling them on eBay and netting him over £14,000.

Michal Biernacki stole mostly high-value electrical, cosmetic and designer clothing products, worth more than £31,000.

As reported on The Sun website, a fireman stole £50,000 worth of equipment from the fire service – including colleagues’ PPE – before selling it on eBay.

Michael Todhunter stole defibrillators, respirator masks, firefighter axes and helmets plus breathing apparatus and floodlight kits.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a cryptocurrency expert stole over £40,000 of stationery and was caught by his boss selling some at an open-air market.

Iulian-Marian Moraru took a variety of items, including phone cases, backpacks, Samsonite wallets, and Ferrari-branded pens — all of which had a wholesale value of around £43,000.

The News & Star website reports that a tyre firm worker disabled a security camera while stealing stock worth more than £6,000 over several months.‬

Jason Mark Bowe confessed to his crime, admitted to selling the tyres on Facebook and even produced an itemised breakdown of what he had stolen.

According to the Mail Online website, a soldier stole £26,000-worth of army equipment to sell on eBay, with some items being ‘attractive to criminal and terrorist organisations’.

Lance Corporal Adam Tonkin raided the stores facility where he worked and stole hi-tech military gear to sell online via his girlfriend’s eBay account.